Home Improvement #2 Continued

To save some money, we decided to paint the hallway ourselves instead of the painter we hired. Well, I must have had a very spontaneous moment and felt the need to be daring because I decided that I was going to paint the hallway today, by myself, WITH two little youngins running around. Happy to say that everyone made it through the day in one piece, whew! It went a LOT better than what I anticipated. The kids were awesome and listened pretty darn well. Perhaps it could be that I threatened them. Nah, I just had to "remind" them several times that the walls were wet and to not go near the paint can. I know I've got great kids and I sometimes take it for granted and have to remind myself in times like these.

The reason for doing it alone? Well, Jon is currently in Tampa and won't be back until Friday evening and I didn't want to draw out this project anymore than it needed to be so I took it upon myself to get the loose ends tied up. The stairway leading to the garage still needs to be partially painted so Jon won't feel too left out on all the painting FUN! Other than that though, we will have "home improvement #2" completed! Hm...what should we do next?

"Paintings By Lana"
My big girl was a wonderful helper today! Just look at that paint job--why bother hiring someone, next time our little princess can get the job done for us! She had a blast helping me out and had her own special, miniature roller that she used. I would have had her stand IN the picture but she was indecent at the moment. I left my kids mostly unclothed all day so I wasn't stressing about getting paint on them. I can fix a wall but I can't get paint out of clothing! Kayden is still a baby and that's what babies do--run around in a diaper, so I figured he could stand in for her.

View #1
I can't say enough, how much I love this color! I realized half way through there was no before picture but there is a piece of wall still half-way unpainted in "Paintings By Lana". The video of Kayden that I recently took of him in the bath seat shows the hallway, but not in its entirety. Anyway, here is the finished hallway. Not bad considering the circumstances.

View #2
Can you tell which room is Lana's? Kayden's is the one in the right hand corner of the picture, and the door between Lana's room and Kayden's room is the bathroom. The other one on the left hand side of the picture is the guest bedroom but that's where Jon and I sleep. It's not a whole lot of fun hauling it up two flights of stairs in the middle of the night when a kiddo is crying or needs help going potty. So, for now, we sleep upstairs in the guest room. Thought I would give you guys somewhat of a virtual tour of our home for those who haven't seen it or for any of you perhaps curious. I'd like to show what's behind all those doors but with all the painting going on, the house is in shambles. So maybe, another day. But guess what that means for me tomorrow? Yeah...housework. Hoor-rah, Hoor-rah.